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Day 3: May 23, 2025
An early start to avoid early morning commuter traffic and we headed out west to Versailles.
Our bus was the first into the park, and we made the most of the empty grounds to see the park empty and take photos.
We headed into the Château with our wonderful guide Leif, who gave us not only the history but lots of stories. He was very attentive and made sure the group could negotiate carefully through the many other groups.
Afterwards we returned to the gardens for our picnic lunch, accompanied by a bright blue sky, Handel and water displays.
Leif joined us again at the bus park and Alexandre our driver headed back to Paris. Unfortunately we were caught up in the taxi driver go slow movement and we crawled along.
Finally we made it into Paris where we drove round the Arc de Triomphe, down the Champs Elysées, along Avenue Montaigne with the designer boutiques, and headed over to the Eiffel Tower for a photo stop.
Next up was Place de la Concorde then along the Boulevard Saint Germain, the Panthéon and finishing in the splendid Luxembourg Gardens.
Free time to wander and shop, then we returned to the Latin Quarter for dinner. As it was such a lovely evening the group split and headed off to different destinations to make the most of a free evening.